Less than 1 month

It's May long weekend at last! I love my long weekends even more than I love regular weekends! E is over at the house working away on our renovations. I'm here at our apartmetn pacing myself for a day of cleaning, laundry, baking, and putting my thesis proposal presentation together.

I have finally completed my thesis proposal, my committee is meeting to hopefully approve it on May 27th when I have to do a 20-25 minute presentation on it. My fingers are crossed & I'm knocking on wood because if they don't approve it, I am unlikely to be able to get anything more done until sometime after the baby comes (August most likely). I'd prefer to have my project ready to start as soon as I feel ready to start it.

I had been planning to work right up until June 6th but am now pretty sure that I'd like to start my maternity leave on May 30th instead. I'm just too tired by the time I get home from work to really do anything in the evenings and I don't want to be completely exhausted before the baby even comes.

Plus we aren't quite ready for our little tyke yet. We haven't made baby space in the office, we don't have bed yet, no diapers, no sheets, none of the clothes are washed and ready, I don't have my 'hostpital bag' packed. If this baby comes early we'll really be scrambling!

less than 2 months to go...

Okay, so I don't know exactly how many days it is until my due date, but I know it's less than 2 months at this point. The baby moves almost constantly these days - it's very very distracting. I'm large and clumsy and waddle around. I can't sleep through the whole night anymore because I have to get up at least once or twice to empty my shrinking bladder. I can't see my feet and it's about time to clip my toenails and I'm not sure exactly how I will manage it.

Aside from all the uncomfortable-nesses, I'm excited to be getting closer to my due date and to my maternity leave. I'd like to meet this little creature that has been squirming around in my belly these past number of months.

Banff trip pictures

Banff Holiday Continued

Well, Thursday night we did have dinner with my aunt. Afterwards we headed up to the Arts centre for a Celtic Concert.

Friday we went for a cross country ski up near Lake Louise. It was beautiful up there. And it was nice to get some exercise after a few days of driving.

Saturday we drove out past Invermere to meet up with my brother and his wife. We went out to these natural hot springs for the afternoon. Then back to the place they were staying for a barbeque before driving back along the winding road to Banff.

Today we attempted to go for a hike. It was way to icy for me to brave the trail up to Johnstone Canyon, so we found an alternate walk along a river instead. It was quite nice, and right on par with my current walking abilities.

This evening E&I are off to an Indian restaurant in town for dinner. Yummy Indian food! I hope the baby is okay with it!

Then tomorrow we begin the long drive home. It has been so nice and relaxing to be away from Winnipeg and we're both not all that excited about going home again. But we can't avoid daily life altogether I suppose...

Banff Holiday

Today is day 1 in Banff. Tuesday night after work, E & I hit the road and pulled into Regina very late in the evening. Wednesday we spent the day on the road and made it to Calgary in time to have dinner with some of E's extended family.

This morning, we made a pit stop at Ikea and picked up a lamp and a ceiling light fixture. Sigh, if only there was an Ikea in Winnipeg... We would buy so much stuff there instead of having to first scour the city for items we like.

We pulled into Banff around 2pm and booked into our hotel. We have already had a lovely afternoon walk along the river and a luxurious soak in the hot tub. We'll be meeting my aunt for supper, whenever she calls us back and then will probably go for another soak in the hot tub. Hot tubs are necessary for recovering from long road trips!

I'll post some pics later on. I'm not sure we have the right cords along for me to download anything.